Parallel ECC 7:7

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BSB  ⇔ Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool,
 ⇔ and a bribe corrupts the heart.

OEB Extortion maketh the wise man mad,
 ⇔ And a bribe destroyeth the character.

WEBBE Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool;
 ⇔ likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.

LSV Surely oppression makes the wise mad,
And a gift destroys the heart.

FBV Extorting money from others makes wise people into fools, and accepting bribes corrupts the mind.

T4T When wise people say to others, “You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,”
 ⇔ that causes those wise people to become foolish,
 ⇔ and accepting bribes causes people to become unable to do what is fair/just.

LEB  • and a bribe corrupts the heart.

BBE The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS Surely oppression turneth a wise man into a fool; and a gift destroyeth the understanding.

ASV Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.

DRA For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.

YLT Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.

Drby Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.

RV Surely extortion maketh a wise man foolish; and a gift destroyeth the understanding.

Wbstr Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

KJB-1769 ¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and a gift destroyeth the heart.
   (Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

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Bshps The wyse man hateth wrong dealing, and abhorreth the heart that coueteth rewardes.
   (The wise man hateth wrong dealing, and abhorreth the heart that coueteth rewardes.)

Gnva Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.
   (Better it is to hear ye/you_all rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should hear the song of fooles. )

Cvdl Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.
   (Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wise man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.)

Wyc for as the sown of thornes brennynge vndur a pot, so is the leiyyng of a fool. But also this is vanyte.
   (for as the sown of thorns brennynge under a pot, so is the leiyyng of a fool. But also this is vanyte.)

Luth Ein Widerspenstiger macht einen Weisen unwillig und verderbt ein mildes Herz.
   (Ein Widerspenstiger macht a Weisen unwillig and verderbt a mildes heart.)

ClVg quia sicut sonitus spinarum ardentium sub olla, sic risus stulti. Sed et hoc vanitas.
   (because like sonitus spinarum ardentium under olla, so risus stulti. But and this vanitas. )

BrTr For oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.

BrLXX Ὅτι ἡ συκοφαντία περιφέρει σοφὸν, καὶ ἀπόλλυσι τὴν καρδίαν εὐγενείας αὐτοῦ.
   (Hoti haʸ sukofantia periferei sofon, kai apollusi taʸn kardian eugeneias autou. )